615 So. 2d 141 - Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
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cited by 1 later decisions
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states following
December 2007
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 443 So. 2d 1316 - Rocker v. State · 31 Ala. App. 186 - Duncan v. State · 585 So. 2d 206 - Walters v. State · 460 So. 2d 1382 - Jones v. State · 542 So. 2d 332 - Bethune v. State
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““ As for the judge’s decision that the circumstances are such that a juror must be excused and replaced by an alternate or additional juror, the judge has considerable discretion here as well. Despite the fact that there are circumstances in which the defendant has a “right to have his trial completed by a particular tribunal,” the judge’s action in excusing a juror will be upheld “if the record shows some legitimate basis for his decision.” This is because the defendant has still been tried by 12 persons selected by him, with even those originally designated as alternates being selected in the same fashion as the other jurors.’ “3 W. LaFave & J. Israel, Criminal Procedure § 21.3(e), p. 742 (1984) (footnotes omitted).””
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